There is a web page which needed to be rendered according to a xmlconfiguration file.Is there a way in JFS to dynamically generate a page with controls,tables and values like in a JSP Servlet.I am very new to JSF(I have created jsf pages with static controls).Appreciate if you can help.

Janaka Perera wrote:> There is a web page which needed to be rendered according to a xml> configuration file.> > Is there a way in JFS to dynamically generate a page with controls,> tables and values like in a JSP Servlet.> > I am very new to JSF(I have created jsf pages with static controls).> Appreciate if you can help.> I don't know the details, but I think JSFs are very similar to JSPs in that regard.  Its just another templateing toolkit AFAIK.-- Daniel Pitts' Tech Blog: <http://virtualinfinity.net/wordpress/>

Janaka Perera wrote:>> There is a web page which needed to be rendered according to a xml>> configuration file.>>>> Is there a way in JFS to dynamically generate a page with controls,>> tables and values like in a JSP Servlet.Yes, absolutely.>> I am very new to JSF(I have created jsf pages with static controls).>> Appreciate if you can help.Daniel Pitts wrote:> I don't know the details, but I think JSFs are very similar to JSPs in > that regard.  Its just another templateing toolkit AFAIK.More than that, really.  It purports to be a full-fledged component model for Web user interfaces.  I'm finding it a bit tricky to learn at spots, but basically quite manageable.JSF is a superset of JSP implemented through tag libraries.  That is, take a regular JSP, add some stuff to it, and you have JSF.The pages aren't really "templated", as I understand the term from my web-developing genius friends, but linked into Java program logic.  JSF comprises a set of standardized, yet extensible, components like layout grids, wrappers for standard HTML form elements and so on, along with protocols to link them to dynamic logic, both server-side and client-side, and a deployment-time navigation model.  It grafts an object model onto the whole web application activity.<http://java.sun.com/javaee/5/docs/tutorial/doc/bnaph.html>and the following sections from the Sun JEE tutorial give a good starting point for learning about it, but I'd keep looking for more material beyond that (and do).Java Blueprints and other sources outline ways to combine JSF with AJAX and other scripting approaches.Behind JSF is an interaction model with a multi-stage lifecycle for request handling and component management.  Adept practitioners can exploit the lifecycle to perform various kinds of magic.My approach to JSF is still rather simplistic.  Even at that level it works well to develop a prototypical web application quite rapidly.  Combined with the standard tag library and the Expression Language (EL) it can maybe do too much?-- Lew